bleachfield
UK/ˈbliːtʃfɪəld/
bleachfield noun: a field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
Noun
bleachfield (plural bleachfields)
- A field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
- Or I imagined the bleachfields stretching westwards from Bedlam, saw the white lengths of linen spread out on the green grass and the diminutive figures of weavers and washerwomen […]2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 183
Forms of bleachfield
| plural | bleachfields |
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Origin of bleachfield
From bleach + field.
Questions about bleachfield
- What does bleachfield mean?
- Bleachfield means a field where cloth or clothing is laid out to be bleached by the sun or water.
- What part of speech is bleachfield?
- Bleachfield is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bleachfield?
- Bleachfield is pronounced /ˈbliːtʃfɪəld/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bleachfield?
- The plural of bleachfield is bleachfields.
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